Bruce Springsteen has revealed that he is working on a new solo album and is planning to tour the UK with his E Street Band.

The Boss is currently performing in his sell-out one-man show ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ that has been filmed for a Netflix concert film to be aired on December 16.

Speaking to The Times, Springsteen described his new record, saying: “For lack of a better word, it’s a singer-songwriter album – more of a solo record.” This album would his first new music release since 2014’s ‘High Hopes’.

Hinting about future touring plans, Springsteen said he will be getting “back to my day job” and heading to the UK with the E Street Band in 2019. He might just have itchy feet, he has been performing ‘Springsteen on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre five days a week since October 2017.

This month, Springsteen will release the ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ soundtrack album with performances of 15 of his best-loved songs from throughout his career.

Although the show has mostly followed the same structure and setlist every night, Springsteen has changed things up a little throughout the run. In June, he broke from the setlist to criticise Donald Trump and his “inhumane” immigration policy that saw thousands of children separated from their families. A month later, he surprised fans with an unexpected encore for the first time in the residency.

The singer recently opened up about his issues with mental health in a revealing interview. Speaking to Esquire magazine, he described the important role music played in forming his identity.

“When I was a child, and into my teens…I felt like a very, very empty vessel,” he said. “And it wasn’t until I began to fill it up with music that I began to feel my own personal power and my impact on my friends and the small world that I was in.

“I began to get some sense of myself. But it came out of a place of real emptiness.”